Click here to see the complete list of 2014 Small Press Expo Ignatz Nominees.

Small Press Expo will take place September 13-14, 2014, at the North Bethesda Marriott Convention Center in Washington. Attendees vote for the award during the convention on September 13; the Ignatz ceremony, which is open to the public, is held that evening. For more information about SPX, visit: spxpo.com

Image above is from Outstanding Artist Ignatz Nominee Sophie Goldstein’s House of Women.

CCS Alum Featured In The Best American Comics

The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming cartoonists. The 2013 Editor is Jeff Smith—CCS commencement speaker, creator of the comic Bone. Cover drawing by Kate Beaton.

Two Cartoon Studies Alum Make The Best American Comics 2013

The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming cartoonists. The 2013 Editor is Jeff Smith—CCS commencement speaker, creator of the comic Bone. Cover drawing by Kate Beaton.

CCS at MICE Expo in Cambridge

September 28, 2013

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September 29, 2013

September 28-29
Cambridge, MA

With special guest The Center for Cartoon Studies graduate Lucy Knisley

Faculty, alumni and students also participating in several other programs and panels including R. Sikoryak’s special edition of his long running comics/performance series, and Making Mini-Comics! with Jon Chad.

Two Cartoon Studies Alum Make The Best American Comics 2013!

The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming cartoonists. The 2013 Editor is Jeff Smith—CCS commencement speaker, creator of the comic Bone. Cover drawing by Kate Beaton.

State of the Re:Union visits White River Junction

Many small towns have lost their economic engines. This one re-invented itself. How did White River Junction do it?A collaboration in cartoons and sound by State of the Re:Union production intern Katrina Roi and The Center for Cartoon Studies student Sophie Goldstein.

Also, debuting at CAKE: Island Brat 2, by CCS Alum Colleen Frakes. Island Brat is about living on McNeil Island, home to America’s last island prison, accessible only by air or sea. Visit Colleen’s site: tragicrelief.com

Junior Cartoonists Needed at The Maine Comics Arts Festival

May 20, 2012

The Center for Cartoon Studies will offer two special workshops for kids at the Maine Comics Arts Festival

One Sheet Comics Workshop
& Monster Alert!

The Fizzmont Institute of Rad Science is looking for young, excited cartoonists that can draw ferocious monsters and deadly dwellers of the deep! Our famed scientist, Leo Geo, has gone missing on his experiment to the center of the earth, and we need help drawing the monsters that might have taken him! Join Jon Chad, from The Center for Cartoon Studies, as he leads a monster drawing session and an interactive reading from his new book, Leo Geo.